1. LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES
SS.7.C.3.12 Analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases including, but not limited to, Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, In re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, United States v. Nixon, and Bush v. Gore.

2. 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson
Essential Question: Is Racial Segregation legal under the 14th Amendment? Outcome: 7-1 in favor of Ferguson Impact: Makes “separate but equal” legal.

5. Homer Plessy

6. 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
Essential Question: Does separating children at school based in race violate the 14th Amendment? Outcome: Unanimous in favor of Brown Impact: U.S. Supreme Court determined that “separate but equal” segregation was not equal in public education.

9. 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright
Essential Question: Did the courts failure to give Gideon a lawyer violate his rights? Outcome: Unanimous in favor of Gideon Impact: U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Sixth Amendment right that all defendants must be appointed a lawyer if they cannot afford their own attorney.

11. 1966 Miranda v. Arizona
Essential Question: Does the police practice of questioning individuals without notifying them of their right to a lawyer and their protection against self- incrimination violate the Fifth Amendment? Outcome: In a 5-4 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miranda. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination.

13. 1966 In re Gault
Essential Question: Were the procedures used to commit [arrest] Gault constitutional under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Outcome: In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Gault being sent to the State Industrial School was a clear violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court determined that juvenile court must comply with the Fourteenth Amendment.

15. 1968 Tinker v. Des Moines
Essential Question: Does a ban against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections? Outcome: In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Tinkers. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court upheld a student’s First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school.

17. 1974 U.S. v. Nixon
Essential Question: Is the President's right to protect certain information, using his "executive privilege" power, completely protected from judicial review? Outcome: In a unanimous decision, the Court ruled in favor of the United States and against President Nixon. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court limited executive privilege.

19. 1987 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Essential Question: Did the principal's deletion of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment? Outcome: The Supreme Court ruled against the students in a 5-3 decision. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court determined that the First Amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school.

21. 2000 Bush v. Gore
Essential Question: Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law? Do manual recounts, without consistent standards, violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Constitution? Outcome: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the Florida Supreme Court's recount order was unconstitutional because it granted more protection to some ballots than to others, violating the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court determined that states cannot violate the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment when undertaking election recounts.

23. 2007 District of Columbia v. Heller
Essential Question: Do sections of the District of Columbia Code violate the Second Amendment? Outcome: In a 5-4 decision, the Court determined that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Impact: U.S. Supreme Court upheld that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm.